RPGM - Completed - A Red Flower Shining in the Moonlight [v1.03] [Natsuon Production]

I played this game and I feel for the animation trap, this game has 4 animations, or 8 if you count the different perspective, gameplay is boring, this game is more of a scene collector than a game, but the thing that disappointed me the most was the story...
It's a corruption type of story, you won't be able to save anyone, this is a very straightforward with some branches that follows the usual corruption stuff and don't rely add to the story, and because most of the game is NTR, the protagonist don't really get anything, most scenes are just images so I just played to end the story

Usually, RPGM games have a skippable story that you just overlook. However, it is so well-written that it feels like you are playing and reading a manga at the same time, even if you read it at high speed.

5/5

Not a masterpiece, but really great game, starting from the story, ending with kink and CGs. Someone could found boring fight -> story -> HScenes loot, but when it is well written and made, it feels great.

And of course my favorite kink the jobs: from waitress to dancer, wooowhh!!!

Highly recommended.

Excellent NTR/Corruption title.

The Good

• Great art with some few animations.
• Nice flavors of netori. Orc/Goblin, Blackmail, Rich bastard, Shota (kinda), etc
• Good middle ground between a well developed slow corruption and a CG speedrun.

The Bad

• This is just a scene collector. Although the games intro may leave you to believe the contrary, don't go in expecting world or character development.
• For some reason combat exists, but you literally attack twice and you win. Thankfully fights are very sparce. You are better off pretending combat doesnt exist.
• There is no CG gallery, only scene replay.

Amazing NTR rpg game. The art is top notch as is the story that goes along with it. This developer's first game was a decent one but it felt a little empty in terms of story. This game kept me wanting more and more from the world he has created. I really enjoyed the reality and fantasy world aspect as well. The perfect amount of "grind" and sexy time balanced out. Would definitely recommend this game to any NTR enjoyer out there. Looking forward to his future works.

as someone who doesn't care for things like NTR and Ugly Bastards, I found the game to be good. It could have been great, but it is lacking in a few places. The best thing about the game is the art. Good art, scenes and amount of content. However it lacks a little bit in everything else. The world, battle scenes, story and side jobs could have done with a little more work. Overall a 4/5 for me.

This game has the same faith as almost every other NTR game out there: great art, horrible gameplay.

Same deal as their previous title, now with a little bit (just a little bit) more quality. There are a few animations, there's a battlefuck system, story, side jobs/minigames but every one of those things is implemented in a mediocre way.

really dissapointing given the top tier art, but nontheless if you are looking for a quick fap this might be good enough, just don't expect anything else.

The game represents a classical formula of NTR game where you, as a main character live you days watching the slow corruption (hidden or obvious) of your loved one. But that one has a twist, in that it actually have a story. And a gameplay. Cause you can also play as the GF and move the story forward.

The gameplay itself is pretty simple. It has some RPG and combat, which are not typical RPGM fights, but a separate system. It even has some H-attacks like in Karryn's prison. But it almost never get used in the game itself. But can be used in future by the author, its a nice baseline for the system. And also there are some other mini-games. Artwork is good, and its one of the best parts of the game.

But the main part of course is the story. It is good. Not great, it has its downsides. You can play on the "good" path by the GF, or switch to MC to have corruption path progressed. And those paths are so not connected, that it damages the narrative. It has its steps by step opening by the amount of sexuality, but overall the progress in those side branches of corruption doesn't change the main one, besides the ending. And that "corruption" progress sometimnes seems a little bit rushed. Like okay, there is magic kingdom and magic spells to mind control, but still it happens too quickly.

Overall its a good NTR game. Its definetly above the average level. But has its weak points as the dissociation of the main and side plots. Too simple gameplay mechanics or medium level writing. But in the end its a good game and I think most of the genre lovers will enjoy it.

A NTR VN disguised as a rpg with the usual very suspicious dialogs that barely serve as a time waster between two hentai scene, which are rather well drawn to be honest.

There is an ersatz of combat system that is actually useless but could have provide some interest with a minimum of ambition which was clearly not plan in the making of this game.

In my opinion it's a waste of time to "play" it.

The other reviews confuse me, game is clearly an otome love story where you play as two female protagonists trying to find love on the backdrop of a clash between the mundane and supernatural. The love interests are the bestial goblin lord, the domineering principal, the confident shota, the suave nobleman, or the pathetic cuck.

I'll say it is between a 2 and a 3-star rating, but not by much.


Pros
+Lovely art with female protagonists and antagonist.
+Some sex scenes are nicely done, putting ugly bastards aside.
+Some of the cut-in animation, like side job and BF looked nice; it's a shame that's it.

Mid
=Side job, it could have been better.
=Battle Fuck... Well, the concept was there, I guess.
=Optional NTR? (Though someone commented you have to see NTR scenes to get a true ending?)

Cons
-Shallow. Worlds feel barren.
-Combat is pointless and has little variety.
-Male protagonist is there just to trigger heart scenes.
-Item shopping is a joke. You got potions and corruption stones and both become worthless after a point.
-Maps are boring to roam through with enemy encounters feeling forced. (Fucking goblin in every passage.)
-Music feels like your staple RPGM tunes. But this looks like a low-budget product, so maybe I will give that a pass.

?????
? Ugly bastards. If that is your thing, the game has it in spades.
? NTR? Optional there as mentioned above. For me, if the need to see other endings is true to get true ending then this will be a con.


Honestly, this feels like a rush project trying to do many things and failing at them. The ideas were there, sure, but the execution is sadly lacking in many aspects. I believe it could have been a much better game if it capitalized just on one concept. Hell the goblin fights could even be more engaging if they were center-focused on BF mechanics.

Game had potential, but it’s another case of cool idea, trash execution. Sad, 'cause the CGs and animations are chef’s kiss.




Is NTR avoidable?
Yup. Because it doesn’t f***ing exist in the first place.

There is a way i like to describe games like this.

"in the land of the blind, the one-eye man is king"

I love ntr and i love searching for ntr games, but A LOT of them range from dissapointing to mediocre. There is always something off with either presentation, scope,gameplay or execution.

This game is average and by the numbers, but is average done well. It knows what it wants to be, it focusess on it and executes it well.
Yes the corruption is fast and the fmc seem to do a 180 after getting horny enought but it works well enought.

For example something that should be a netorare basic, how do you present the ntr? This game shows the mcs perspective and then inmidiately lets you get a better look from the fmcs perspective. Such a basic structure that a decent amount of games fail at and either dont bother to you show at all or bendover backwards to have the MC the did but not do anything about it wich completely kills the vibe unless you are into netorase.

There is a lot of things that could've been expanded to make it truly shine but as it stands, it is good enought.

Excellent game! It fully makes use of the rpg elements to create a story that plays like a traditional rpg but cuts down on the grindy nature of battles. Art is consistently good and scenes are well spaced between dialogue and gameplay. My only complaints is that during the battle and dungeon crawling sections, saving is unavailable. That being said, because the dungeon sections cut down on typical rpg grinding, you can just run through them quickly to make a different choice after returning to a prior save. A game worth the playtime.

Very strong ideas but weak execution.

Pros:
- While designs for the women do look a bit too uniform they look great especially if you're in to the thick busty tomboy look.
- Having one female MC and quasi female MC is great since it feels like the Male MC is truly losing everything. Plus it makes it so that the female MC can be more open about her slutty acts without ruining the allure of her slutiness being a secret.
- I found the premise of the porn director to be really great. The idea of the male MC helping the female MC get in to these sexual situations is pretty hot.

Cons.
- A lot of the mechanics feel underdeveloped. For example there's a counter of how many times the female MC has had sex and how sensitive she is to vaginal, anal and others. The thing is that it doesn't really change anything she still acts the same no matter how high you increase these stats. It's not like she starts wearing sluttier clothes or anything since the clothes she starts off with are already really slutty. Similar thing for combat it's there but you could avoid the mast majority of combat very easily. Which is a plus since you don't have to grind but it also begs the question why have it if it's just going to be skipped.
- The game could benefit from a slower burn. It's kinda dramatic how the girls go from stuff like getting fondled to having sex. There's barely any built up.
- The world feels pretty dead. No matter how much you progress the NPCs say the same one line and move on. I think the game could benefit from NPCs mentioning rumors of seeing the female NPC having sex or when playing the female MC have the towns people grope her or ask for sexual favors.

While there's lots of underdeveloped stuff here I feel like if you like the art and are in to these types of games you may enjoy your time. Just keep your expectations low.

Sorry but I am just disappointed by this.

The premise seems great: fantastic art, NTR of 2 thick classmates, battlefuck all good. Until you realize that it all feels really half baked and kind of amateurish (which is weird because that's similar to how the devs prior game felt like) let me further expand:

First off: the maps feel empty and character interactions outside of preset events feel soulless. This happens often but is especially appearant here, I feel like both the overworld and the combat areas are structured way too simple and there is no real reason to explore a whole lot.

The art is great but the scenes feel cliché and uncreative. The girls literally just let everyone do anything to them without any real fight. I don't see a whole lot of progression in the corruption and in a sense I also don't really feel like anything is lost here because the male protag only exists as a plot device and not as an actual key figure in the story. Maybe that is just me but I didn't feel any connection between the girls and the MC.

The combat system etc. look nice from a far view but at the end of the day are executed in a way that makes all the excitement fade after ur first few encounters. It feels like the dev had good ideas for systems in the game but wasn't entirely sure how to execute it in a satisfying way.

All in all the game is packaged decently but falls short to do anything a standard RPG maker game does. It has fantastic art, none if it is animated and the scenes just don't really feel exciting to me. Just your usual schoolgirl + UB nonsense sprouting from absolutely nowhere. I want to like this game but it felt very bland to me when I played it.

Good game! but I hoped to get a Mitsuki ending (or maybe i just didn't find it) but other than that the game is great~ Art is good~ Hoping to see more of this, maybe an update?

Also like maybe more focus on how the female antagonist got controlled as well

At least one hour of gameplay and content, with good CGs and very nice art.
I recommand this title and hope to see more like this one.
As a corruption and rpgm game enjoyer, it's a must try !!
Not a big fan of the combat system but the CGs are enjoyable and it's always good to have a "battle fuck" system
Thanks for the translation and submission !